Focusing on the faults of others and even our own faults is not helpful for others and perniciously plays into our own ego-grasping. An antidote to this is to encouragement and support strengths, theirs and ours.

Our inner voice, the constant narrative that we are playing, is not helpful. It is mean and wants its way. It is childish and greedy. It is not helpful to let it have its way. If we treated others like our inner monologue treated us, we’d be ostracized in our community. This part of our narrative is mal-adapted to a rich, happy life. It kept us scared when it was evolutionarily prudent to but in our current social situations it is troublesome.

This journal is meant as a reminder to my future self. A reminder to him to operate in the world with love and compassion and some tips put together in a moment of clarity to help him when he is less clear and caught up in stuff the he can’t control. Continue the conversation anytime:will@kestrelcreek.com.